EAST BAY – Rhode Islanders have a new option for ordering discounted prescription drugs from Canada and the United Kingdom, after Secretary of State Matt Brown announced a new program in February called RIMEDS that lets residents find their prescriptions at discounted Canadian pharmacies online or by phone. Friday, March 11, 2005 Read the full story at eastbayri.com.

WASHINGTON (CP) – The head of an Ontario company that supplies cheaper prescription drugs to several states blasted U.S. officials Thursday for seizing imports last month, saying the move could have endangered American seniors. BETH GORHAM Mar 11 Read the full story at cbc.com.

It seems the problem of counterfeit drugs is not confined to India alone, but Asian markets are also inundated with counterfeits, that too of advanced types. At least six counterfeit artesunate products are found to be circulating in key Asian countries. Jayashree Padmini – New Delhi Read the full story at expresspharmpulse.com.

It seems the problem of counterfeit drugs is not confined to India alone, but Asian markets are also inundated with counterfeits, that too of advanced types. At least six counterfeit artesunate products are found to be circulating in key Asian countries. Jayashree Padmini, New Delhi 10th March 2005 Read the full story at expresspharmapulse.com.

Chicago, IL, Mar. 10 (UPI) — Some U.S. consumers who ordered cheaper prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies are getting letters from the Food and Drug Administration instead of their shipments of medicine. By Al Swanson March 11, 2005 Read the full story at washtimes.com.

Sixty-nine percent of Americans support importing prescription drugs from Canada, but more than half oppose importing from other nations, according to a survey released yesterday. By Andrew Johnson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 09, 2005 Read the full story at washingtontimes.com.

March 9 (Bloomberg) — The Food and Drug Administration is seizing prescription drugs shipped to patients in the U.S. from overseas under I-Save Rx, the program sponsored by five states to help residents obtain low-cost medicines. Read the full story at bloomberg.com.